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INTRODUCTORY. 


Of the soldiers of the Revolution the number still living is very 
small, and the time is not far distant when the last of that noble 
band of patriots and heroes will have passed from the earth. It 
s a matter of universal interest to know who of that patriotic band 
are still living; and it must also be of interest to know something of 
the part which they individually took in that, great struggle which 
resulted in the creation of a nation. 

An examination of the rolls and documents of the Pension Office 
shows that the number of surviving participants in that struggle is 
much smaller than has been generally supposed. The Southern 
rebellion has prevented the payment of the pensioners in the se¬ 
ceded States, for the last three years, and, of course, there have 
been no returns from the agencies formerly existing in those States 
since March 4th, 1861. The following list, therefore, includes 
those in such States who were paid to that date, and who are not 
known to have since died; but it is probable that at least half of 
these are now dead, as several of them were over a hundred years 
old at that time. There are twelve of these pensioners in the 
seceded States whose stories are here recorded. Of these two 
were in Virginia, two in North Carolina, four in Tennessee, and 
four in Georgia. 

There were living in the loyal States on the 4th of March, 
1863, twelve Revolutionary pensioners, of whom six were in New 


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York, one in Massachusetts, one in Maine, one in Ohio, one in 
Wisconsin, one in Missouri, and one in Indiana. Of this number 
the Rev. Nathaniel Ames, who resided at Racine, Wisconsin, has 
since died, upon the 30th of July or August, 1863—which is not 
certainly known. 

Of the whole number now living, or whose deaths are not known 
to have occured, the youngest is ninety-four years old; three are 
ninety-eight, two are one hundred, three are one hundred and one, 
four are one hundred and two, three are one hundred and three, 
one is a hundred and four, three are a hundred and five, two are 
a hundred and six years old, and one, William Coggins, of 
Georgia, if still living, is in his hundred and tenth year. The 
two whose ages are reported as one hundred and six years each 
are, or were, residents of North Carolina. 

A short statement of the part taken in the Revolutionary,war 
of each of those whose names are comprised in this list has been 
compiled, together with such other personal information as ft) age, 
residence, etc., as is thought to be of interest. 




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BENJAMIN MILLER 


Was born at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1763. He 
first entered the service in 1779, when he was but six¬ 
teen years old, having enlisted in the town of Brimfield, 
Massachusetts, where he was then living, under C^pt. 
John Carpenter, for three months. During this term of 
service, the company to which he was attached was em T 
ployed in guarding the United States Armory, at Spring- 
field, Massachusetts, and he did not see any active service. 
In October of the same year, he again enlisted for three* 
months, as a private, under Capt. Caleb Keep, in the 
Massachusetts militia, and marched to Albany, where, 
after a month or two of service, the company was dis¬ 
charged, and he returned home again. In June, 1780, he 
again' volunteered in the militia, at Brimfield, for three 
months, and was marched to West Point, Kew York. 
At this time, Gen. Benedict Arnold was Commander-in- 
Chief at West Point, and it was during his service in that 
vicinity, in the month of September, that Arnold’s trea¬ 
son, which canfe so near inflicting deadly iiljury upon the ! 



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American cause was developed. After remaining at 
West Point one month, the company to which he be¬ 
longed was sent down the river to King’s Ferry. He 
recollects the British ship Vulture coming up the river, 
and anchoring off a place called Tyler’s Point. He, with 
a party of others, was ordered to take a field-piece and 
two howitzers and go down on the point and attack her, 
which they did, opening upon her just as the reveille was 
beaten on board the ship. The firing upon her was con¬ 
tinued until the sun was about two hours high, by which 
time slieyhad got her anchor up and been towed out of 
range by her boats. It was near this place that commu¬ 
nications were held between the belligerents by flags of 
truce, and he recollects that at one time the boats, instead 
of separating and going in different directions, as usual 
both went on board the British vessel, which had con¬ 
tinued in sight ever since she had been driven off from 
Tyler’s Point, and he afterwards understood, and believes, 
that Arnold was in this boat, and went on board at this 
time. He lay at King’s Ferry on the 2d of October, at the 
time Major Andre was hung, which circumstance he well 
remembers. Soon after this, his time of enlistment hav¬ 
ing expired, he was marched back to West Point and was 
discharged from the service, and did not again re-enter it 
during the war. He now lives at Laurens, Otsego County, 
New York. Pension granted August 14th, 1846, under 
the act of June 7th, 1882. 


LEMUEL COOK. 

This pensioner was bom in 1766; but the place of his 
nativity is not stated. Early in the year 1781, he enlist¬ 
ed at Hatfield, Massachusetts, to serve during the war. 
He enlisted for the Second Light Dragoons, Col. Sheldon, 
but was mustered into Capt. Staunton’s company of in¬ 
fantry, and continued in that company and* in the service 


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of the United States, until June, 1783, when he was, at 
the termination of the war, discharged at Danbury, Con- 
necticutt. He now lives in Onondaga County, New York. 
Certificate of Pension issued September 25th, 1818, under 
the act of March 18th, 1818. 

SAMUEL DOWNING-. 

Born 1766, but place of birth not recorded. He en¬ 
listed for the w r ar in July, 1780, at Hailstown, New 
Hampshire, in the Second New Hampshire Regiment, 
commanded by Col. Reed. He did not participate in any 
of the battles of the war, having been principally em¬ 
ployed in scouting and guard duty on the frontier. At 
the termination of the war he was discharged, either in 
June or July, 1783, at Newburg, New York. He resides 
ip Saratoga County, New York. Pension granted July 
27, 1819, under the act of March 18, 1818. » 

JOHN PETTING-ILL. 

Born at Windham, Connecticut, November 30th, 1766. 
He entered the military service of the country at Wind¬ 
ham, Connecticut, in August, 1780, as a substitute, in the 
company of Capt. Smith, in the.regime'nt of Connecticut 
troops commanded by Col. Wells, and, having served 
three months, was discharged at Mohigan, Connecticut, 
November, 1780. In March, 1781, he again enlisted at 
Windham, as a private, for one year, in Capt. James Dana’s 
company, which was attached to Gen. Waterbury’s brigade 
of Connecticut troops. He was not in any general en¬ 
gagement, but participated in a number of skirmishes with 
the British and tories. At the end of the year he was 
discharged, at Stamford, Connecticut, and did not again 
re-enter the service during the war. Is living now at 
Henderson, New York. Pension granted under the act of 
June 7th,' 1832. 


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ALEXANDER MARONEY 

Was born in 1770, but we have no record of his native 
place. He was by his father, Florence Maroney, enlisted 
as a drummer boy in Capt. Graham’s company of the 
First New York Regiment, at Lake George, New York. 
He served in that capacity until June, 1783, when he was 
discharged, the war having terminated. He was very 
young at the time he entered the service, and does not 
know how long he was in it, but thinks for three or four 
years. He is now living in Cortland County, New York. 
His certificate of pension was issued November 1st, 1819, 
under the act of March 18, 1818. 


REV. DANIEL WALDO 

Was bom at Windham, Connecticut, September 10th, 
1762, and is now consequently in his one hundred and 
third year. He entered the service in April, 1779, having 
been drafted into a company of Connecticut militia, under 
Capt. William Howard, and served one month at New 
London. In April, 1779, a company of Connecticut 
State troops ^was formed in Windham, under Capt. Na¬ 
thaniel Wales, into which he enlisted, and which in the 
month of June following was attached to Col. Levi Wells’ 
regiment, and marched to Horseneck and Greenwich 
Connecticut, and was employed on scouting parties and 
in guarding the country. While stationed as a sentinel 
at the door of Col. Wells’ house, on the 25th of Decem¬ 
ber, 1779, he, with some twenty others, including the, 
Colonel, was taken prisoner by the tory refugees, or cow¬ 
boys, and held as a prisoner for two months in the 
notorious Sugar House in New York, and was released 
and exchanged at the expiration of that time. After the 
war Mr. Waldo became a clergyman, and was at one 
time the chaplain of the House of Representatives of the 


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United States. He now resides at Syracuse, New York. 
A certificate of pension for twenty-six dollarsfand sixty- 
six cents per year was issued to him on the 21st of May, 
1833, under the act of June 7th, 1832, which was subse¬ 
quently, by special act of Congress, approved August 23d, 
1856, increased to ninety-six dollars per year, commencing 
March 4th, 1831. 


JOHN GOODNOW 

Was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts, January 30th, 1762, 
and is therefore now nearly one hundred and three years 
old. He enlisted in May or June, 1778, in a company 
commanded by Capt. Moulton in Col. Poor’s regiment. 
The regiment was stationed most of the time at West 
Point and King’s Ferry. He was in service eight months. 
In 1780 he enlisted again for three months in a regiment 
commanded by Col. Cyprian Howe, and was at Tiverton, 
Rhode Island, most of the time, until after the expiration 
of his term of service and discharge. He is still living at 
Sudbury, Massachusetts. Certificate of pension issued 
April 6th, 1833, under the act of June 7th, 1832. 


AMAZIAH GOODWIN. 

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Born at Somersworth,New Hampshire, February 16th ? 
1759, and is now therefore in his one himdred and sixth 
year. He enlisted in a company of militia in 1776 or 1777, 
at Somersworth, under Capt. Moses Yantin. The com¬ 
pany was marched to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where 
he remained until the expiration of his three months’ 
service, and was discharged. In 1780 he again enlisted 
in a company of militia, under Capt. Samuel Emerson, in 
a regiment commanded by Col. Bartlett. This regiment 
was sent to West Point, New York, where he remained 


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eight and a half months, when, his time having expired, 
he was discharged, and returned home. Is now living at 
Lyman, York County, Maine. Pension granted July 15th, 
1833, under the act of June 7th, 1832. 


ADAM LINK, 

A native of Pennsylvania, born in 1760, and is now one 
hundred and four years of age. He was drafted three 
times daring the war, for periods of six months each, in 
the Pennsylvania militia. Under the first draft he en¬ 
tered the service June 1st, 1777, in a company command¬ 
ed by Capt. Williamson, who was subsequently promoted 
to the colonelcy of the regiment to which his company 
was attached. He served out his time and was discharged. 
In April, 1778, he was again drafted for six months, and 
again, for the third time, June 15th, 1779, and was finally 
discharged on the 29th of December. He now lives at 
Milton, Richland County, Ohio. Pension granted March 
15th, 1852, under the act of June 7th, 1832. 


JAMES BARHAM. 

Born May 18th, 1764, in Southampton County, Vir* 
ginia. He entered the service in the Virginia militia, 
January 1st, 17?6, for three months, as a substitute for 
Zadock Bell, under Capt. Jesse Whitehead. Before the 
expiration of his three months’ service as a substitute, lie 
was drafted himself, and on the 1st of April, 1781, he en¬ 
tered on the second term of service, under Capt. John 
Taylor, and served six months and three weeks. He was 
in an engagement with the British at Petersburg, Virgin¬ 
ia, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at 
Yorktown, after which event he was discharged. He is 




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now living at Springfield, Missouri. His pension certificate 
was issued September 6th, 1833, under the act of June 
7th, 1832. 


JOHN SAXON. 

Born in the city of New York, November 17th, 1761. 
He enlisted in the State troops of the State of New York, 
May 1st, 1781, and was mustered into the company of 
Capt. Richard Sackett, at Bedford, Westchester County, 
for eight months. His services were all within the State 
of New York. He was not in any regular battle, but was 
engaged in two or three skirmishes with the British. He 
was, during most of the time he was in service, in West¬ 
chester County, on the line between the British and 
American troops. Is now living at Madfson, Indiaina. 
Pension certificate issued November 19th, 1833, under 
the act of June 7 th, 1832. 


The following cases are those of pensioners living in 
the States which seceded from the Union and entered in¬ 
to the rebellion against the government. Their pensions 
have not been paid since March 4th, 186f, and they com¬ 
prise all that were alive at that date, and of whose death 
the Pension Bureau has received no information. It is 
probable that at least half of these are since deceased : 


HENRY WILLOUGHBY. 

Born about the year 1759; if now living, is about one 
hundred and five years old. Pie enlisted in 1779 in the 
Second Regiment of the Virginia Line, commanded by 
Col. Samuel Hawes. At the time of enlistment, he was 
living in Spottsylvania County, Virginia. He was marched 
to the States of North and South Carolina and part of 


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Georgia, and was at the battles of Gilford Court House, 
Cowpens, and Eutaw Springs. He was finally discharged 
at Salisbury, North Carolina, in January, 1784, by Gen. 
Greene, making his term of service five years and six 
months. At the time the rebellion broke out, he was still 
living at Spottsylvania, Virginia. Pension certificate is¬ 
sued October 29th, 1832, under the act of June 7th, 1832. 

MATTHEW SEAY. 

Born in Amelia County, Virginia, in 1763. Was 
drafted October, 1780, into a militia company in Amelia 
County, and served six months, and was discharged in 
April, 1781, at Chuckatuck Mills; was a corporal during 
this term of service. Within a few days after his arrival 
home, in the same month, he was again drafted, and served 
in the army under Gen. Wayne. During this term of 
service he was a sergeant; did not see any active service 
at this time, and, after three months and fifteen days, his 
time having expired, he was discharged and returned 
home. In the month/ of August, 1781, he enlisted to 
serve during the war, and was attached to the troops 
known as the Virginia State Legion. In the month of 
November, 1781, his captain received orders to dismiss 
them until further orders, and they returned home and 
were not again called out during the war. He was living 
in 1861, at Martinsville, Virginia. Pension granted Sep-v 
tember 9th, 1833, under the act of June 7tli, 1832. 


JOHN BROOKS. 

Born in 1757 or 1758, in Bladen County, North Caro¬ 
lina, and, if yet living, is now at least one hundred and 
six years old. He served several terms of three and six 
months each in the militia of North Carolina, during the 


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Revolutionary war, amounting in all to some three or 
four years. He was engaged in a battle at Camden, 
where he was taken prisoner, together with Capt. Gibson 
and two other men, and seiit to Augustine, where they 
were confined for about four months, during which time 
they were almost starved to death. He was discharged 
near the end of the war. He was, in 1861, living in 
Robeson County, North Carolina. His pension certificate 
was issued March 20th, 1853, under the act of June 7th 
1832, he not having preferred his claim previously to 
relief under the act. 


GEORGE ROBERTS 

Was born in North Carolina in the year 1758, and is, if 
living, of the extreme age of one hundred and six 1 years 
In 1777 he enlisted under Capt. Samuel Johnson for three 
years, and was mustered into service at Coxe’s Mills, 
North Carolina, under Col. Hardgrove. He was for a 
time stationed at a pla6e called Old Store, in North Car¬ 
olina, and from there marched to a place called the Hang¬ 
ing Rock, where they had a skirmish with some tories 
and British. In 1778 he was engaged in another battle 
near Charlotte, North Carolina. Pie was also in the bat¬ 
tle at Ninety-six in South Carolina. Previous to this 
last battle he was stationed for a time at Charleston, 
South Carolina, and was engaged in several skirmishes 
with bodied of tories and small parties of British soldiers 
in going to and returning from that place. His term of 
service expired in 1780 or 1781, and he then enlisted 
again for one year, and during this time he was engaged 
in the battle at Guilford Court House. He served as a 
private altogether for four years, and subsequently was in 
the service of the government as a teamster until the end 
of the war. Was still living, in 1861, in Buncombe 
County, North Carolina. Pension granted September 
3d, 1852, under the act of June 7th, 1832. 


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JAMES COPELAND. 

Born on Indian Creek, in Cheraw District, South 
Carolina, about 1764. He volunteered January 1st, 1780, 
under Gen. Lincoln, and served until May 15th, of that 
year. He was at the siege of Charleston, on the 11th of 
May. After the evacuation of Charleston, as the British 
advanced to the upper parts of South Carolina, he volun¬ 
teered again as one of the gallant band commanded by 
Sumpter, and marched for Rocky Mount, and on the 12th 
of July, while on the route, they attacked a large party of 
tories and British, whom they took prisoners, together 
with Col. Ferguson and Capt. Huck, of the British militia. 
The next day he was present at the attack on Rocky 
Mount. On the following day, after burying the dead, 
they went on to Hanging Rock, and reached there in 
time t6 take part in that battle, which was fought on the 
7th day of August, 1780. At this battle the Prince of 
Wales Regiment were nearly all killed, as well as many 
tories from North Carolina, under Col. Byan. He con¬ 
tinued with Sumpter until his defeat and the dispersion 
of his command, which took place on the 17th of August. 
At the time of that engagement, Copeland was absent at 
Salisbury, having been sent as a guard to about one hun¬ 
dred prisoners captured at a British post on the Wateree 
river, a few days before. On his return from Salisbury, 
finding Sumpter’s command broken up and dispersed, he 
joined Col. Washington’s regiment of horse on the 20th 
of August, and was with him at the taking of Rugelie’s 
Fort (better known as Rugelie’s Mill.) He continued in 
the service until the army was disbanded at the end of the 
war. When the rebellion commenced he was living in 
Brandford County, Tennessee. His certificate of pension 
was issued February 7th, 1835, under the act of June 7th, 
1832. 


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BOLAND WARE. 

Born in North Carolina, about the year 1759, and, if 
yet living, now in his one hundred and fifth year. He 
.was drafted in 1778, in Northampton, North Carolina, for 
three months, during most of which time he was stationed 
at Halifax, North Carolina. Subsequently he volunteered 
in Capt. Randle’s company of light horse, under Gen. 
Harris. He continued in this company until the end of 
the war, and was in a skirmish with the British and tories 
on the east of the Pedee river, the battallion, at that time, 
being commanded by Major Crump. In 1861, he was 
living in Wyren County, Tennessee. Pension granted 
February ‘20th, 1857, under the act of June 7th, 1832. 

ISRAEL M’BEE. 

Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in 1761. He 
was drafted in Pittsylvania County for the militia, but en¬ 
listed for eighteen months, August 9th, 1778, under Capt. 
Cummings. He was marched to Norfolk, and from there 
to Philadelphia, where he remained two weeks, when his 
regiment, with two others, was detailed for duty South, 
under Brig.-Gen. Scott. They proceeded as far as Peters¬ 
burg, Virginia, where his regiment was ordered to remain 
until further orders. About the 1st of March they were 
ordered to rejoin the rest of the brigade, at Camden, 
South Carolina; was detailed as a teamster at this time, 
and served in that capacity until the battle of Hanging 
Rock, where he was taken prisoner, and his team was cap¬ 
tured by the British. Three days afterwards he was 
paroled, and was not exchanged during the term for which 
he was enlisted, and consequently, was not again in active 
service. Was living, in 1861, in Granger County, Tennes¬ 
see. Certificate of pension issued December 15th, 1832, 
under the act of June 7th, 1832. 


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PETER BASHAW. 

Born March 31st, 1763, in FauquieFCounty, Virginia. 
In the fall of 1780, he enlisted as a substitute for Joseph 
Jones, in a militia company, in Fauquier County, Virginia. 
He was at the battle of Cowpens, and after the battle was 
one of the guard composed of militia, under the command 
of Col. Triplet, that conducted the prisoners to Charlotte, 
North Carolina, and was discharged at the latter place, 
this term of service having expired a month previous, he 
having served four months, although called out for three 
months. In the early part-of the year 1781, he enlisted a 
second time, as a substitute for Hkrinan Utt^back, in a mi¬ 
litia company in Fauquier County, Virginia, and was 
marched to Richmond, wliereiiis regimentwas attached to 
the army under Gen. Lafayette, and he remained in service 
under him until his term of service again expired, and he 
was discharged and returned home. In the latter part of 
1781, he again enlisted, as a substitute for Josiah Holesclau, 
in a militia company in the same county, and was marched 
to Little York, where his company joined the army under 
Gens. Washington and Lafayette. He was in service at 
York during the siege of that place, and after its surrender 
he was one of the guard, under the command of Major 
Welch, who marched with the prisoners to Winchester, 
Virginia, where, his term of service having expired, he was 
discharged. In 1861 he was a resident of Davidson 
County, Tennessee. Pension granted July 31st, 1833, 
under the act of June 7th, 1862. 


REUBEN STEVENS. 

Born January, 1762, in Blade^i County, North Caro¬ 
lina. He was drafted in January, 1780, for three months 
and served the time in the 6th Regiment South Carolina 
State troops, under Col. Archibald Little. In April of the 


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same year, he volunteered for three months in the same 
regiment, and was taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston 
and paroled. In February, 1781, he again entered the 
service as a volunteer in a regiment commanded by Col. 
Thomas Robinson, and served out his time and was dis¬ 
charged. In 1861, he was living in Newman County, 
Georgia. In May 1781, he again volunteered for three 
months' in the same regiment, but served only two months 
when he was discharged. Pension certificate issued April 
15th, 1838, under the act of June 7th, 1832. 

MICAJAH BROOKS 

Was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, December 
25th, 1761. He entered the service in 1775, when he was 
but fourteen years old, under the following circumstances: 
He had been sent to mill in North Carolina. While 
there, waiting for his grist to be ground, a certain Benja¬ 
min Fiero came along with a party of twenty or thirty 
soldiers, and asked him if he did not want to go with 
them and serve his country. He replied that he should 
be glad to do so, if he could. The miller agreed to send 
back to his mistress the horse and bag of meal, and Brooks 
accompanied the recruiting party to the State of Georgia 
He served in that State as a scout, under Fiero, for a con¬ 
siderable time. He remained in the military service of 
the country for a period of two years or more, in different 
capacities and regiments. He was at the siege of Augus¬ 
ta, Georgia, as a private in a regiment commanded by Col. 
Elijah Clark, and was present at the surrender of the place 
by the British. He states that the British troops marched 
out of the place, leaving the tories in the hands of the 
whigs, who slaughtered them without mercy. He saw 
the British Gen. Greeson killed after the surrender of the 
place, he having been shot in the upper part of a log 
house, in a balcony, by a whig named James Alexander, 
who had been a prisoner under this Greeson, who had 
maltreated him while he was a prisoner in his hands. He 


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disguised himself, and took this method of effectually re¬ 
venging his injuries. In 1861, Mr. Brooks was living in 
Paulding County, Georgia. He was pensioned by a special 
act of Congress, approved June 5th, 1858. 


WILLIAM COG-G-IN. 

Born January 8th, 1755, in Barnwell District, South 
Carolina, and, if yet living, is in his one hundred and 
tenth year. He entered the service in Camden District, 
South Carolina, about the year 1781, as a lieutenant of 
infantry, in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas 
Starke, in Col. Taylor’s regiment, in Sumter’s brigade. 
He also served for seventy days as lieutenant of cavalry 
in an expedition to Orangeburg. He was at the siege of 
Ninety-six, and was also in the battle at Rocky Mount. 
In 1861, he was living in Gordon County, Georgia. His 
pension certificate was issued February 25th, 1856, under 
the act of June 7th, 1832. 


joh:n hames. 

Born in Mecklenberg County, Virginia, April 28th, 
1752, and, if now living, he is in his one hundred and 
thirteenth year. He volunteered in 1776, as a private in a 
regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Brannon, and 
marched to the Cherokee country, and participated in 
two engagements with the Indians. He was also in an 
engagement with the British at Blackstocks, in South 
Carolina, in which the enemy were defeated. He subse¬ 
quently participated in the attack upon and siege of Fort 
Granby. He was afterwards at the battle of Eutaw 
Springs, under Gen. Greene, and was also engaged in the 
battle of Cowpens. He accompanied Marion in his attack 
upon the tories upon the Pedee River, where a large 


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number of them had been collected and organized, in 
which the enemy were defeated. They then pursued 
them down the Broad River, until they came to a bridge, 
which it was necessary to cross. Marion ordered the men 
to spread their- blankets on this bridge to prevent the 
enemy, who were supposed to be near, from hearing the 
horses’ feet. Notwithstanding this precaution, the enemy 
discovered and attacked them before they had all crossed 
the bridge. The tories were defeated in this engagement 
also, and a number of prisoners were taken. In 1861, '* 

Hames was still living, in Hall County, Georgia. A pen¬ 
sion certificate was issued January 9th, 1834, under the 
act of June 7th, 1832, for forty dollars per year, and a new 
certificate issued March 18th, 1858, increasing the pension 
to sixty-one dollars and twenty-five cents, from March 
, 4th, 1831. 


The above comprises all the Revolutionary pensioners 
now on the books of the Pension Bureau. But in this 
connection, the following case of a pensioner of the last 
war with Great Britain may be of interest: 

This pensioner, whose name is Anthony Castlo, 
otherwise known as Anthony Castle, is an invalid 
pensioner on the rolls of the State of Michigan. He was 
bom in Bordeaux, France, about the year 1793. He served 
under Napoleon, and while in Spain was taken prisoner 
by the British, and conveyed to Gibralter, and thence to 
England, where he was confined nineteen months in a 
prison ship. He finally enlisted into the British army in 
order to obtain an opportunity to escape from imprison¬ 
ment, and was sent to Canada. He deserted at the first 
opportunity, but was recaptured, and for the attempt he 
received nine hundred lashes, by order of Major Villet. 


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This was near Niagara Falls. He soon made another 
attempt to escape, and this time he was successful, and 
he entered immediately the 26th United States Infantry, 
at Lima, New York. While in the United States army, 
he was wounded at Fort Erie, in September, 1814, and 
again at a subsequent period. He also claims to have 
personally captured Major Winters, of the British army* 
When he was discharged, after the peace in 1815, he held 
the rank of a sergeant. He was, a short time ago, still 
v living in Northville, Wayne County, Michigan. 

This closes the old roll of fame of the first patriots. 
There are only a few left on the face of the earth, and 


“ Their hearts, like muffled drums, are beating 
Funeral marches to the grave.” 


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